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The Underworld
A Novel
by Kevin Canty
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Pub Date
Mar 07 2017
| Archive Date
Feb 28 2017
Description
In The Underworld, Kevin Canty tells a story inspired by the facts of a disastrous fire that took place in an isolated silver mining town in Idaho in the 1970s, in which almost everyone in town lost a friend, a lover, a brother, or a husband. The Underworld imagines the fates of a handful of fictional survivors and their loved ones—Jordan, a young widow with twin children; David, a college student trying to make a life for himself in another town; Lionel, a lifelong hard-rock miner—as they struggle to come to terms with the loss. It’s a tough, hard-working, hard-drinking town, a town of whores and priests and bar fights, but nobody’s tough enough to get through this undamaged. A powerful and unforgettable tale about small-town lives and the healing power of love in the midst of suffering.
In The Underworld, Kevin Canty tells a story inspired by the facts of a disastrous fire that took place in an isolated silver mining town in Idaho in the 1970s, in which almost everyone in town lost...
Description
In The Underworld, Kevin Canty tells a story inspired by the facts of a disastrous fire that took place in an isolated silver mining town in Idaho in the 1970s, in which almost everyone in town lost a friend, a lover, a brother, or a husband. The Underworld imagines the fates of a handful of fictional survivors and their loved ones—Jordan, a young widow with twin children; David, a college student trying to make a life for himself in another town; Lionel, a lifelong hard-rock miner—as they struggle to come to terms with the loss. It’s a tough, hard-working, hard-drinking town, a town of whores and priests and bar fights, but nobody’s tough enough to get through this undamaged. A powerful and unforgettable tale about small-town lives and the healing power of love in the midst of suffering.
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Advance Praise
"Canty has a keen eye for details in this setting and suitably dry, spare prose....Canty does a fine job of showing how disaster can lacerate a place or people without utterly destroying hope." - Kirkus, Starred Review
“A dead-honest encounter with the hearts and minds of working
class America, The Underworld by Kevin Canty stands there beside island by Alistair
MacLean and A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin and damned near
anything you might think of by Raymond Carver.” - William Kittredge
"The Underworld is a beautifully plotted (in other words page-turner) story visiting the immediate and after effects of a small town disaster. It is also a timely reminder of the tremendously complicated questions communities in the American west face. And faced. And will face. These are superbly drawn people in an impeccably told tale, a perfect storm and novel." - Antonya Nelson
"Canty has a keen eye for details in this setting and suitably dry, spare prose....Canty does a fine job of showing how disaster can lacerate a place or people without utterly destroying hope." - ...
Advance Praise
"Canty has a keen eye for details in this setting and suitably dry, spare prose....Canty does a fine job of showing how disaster can lacerate a place or people without utterly destroying hope." - Kirkus, Starred Review
“A dead-honest encounter with the hearts and minds of working
class America, The Underworld by Kevin Canty stands there beside island by Alistair
MacLean and A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin and damned near
anything you might think of by Raymond Carver.” - William Kittredge
"The Underworld is a beautifully plotted (in other words page-turner) story visiting the immediate and after effects of a small town disaster. It is also a timely reminder of the tremendously complicated questions communities in the American west face. And faced. And will face. These are superbly drawn people in an impeccably told tale, a perfect storm and novel." - Antonya Nelson
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9780393293050 |
| PRICE |
$24.95 (USD)
|
| PAGES |
256
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9780393293050 |
| PRICE |
$24.95 (USD)
|
| PAGES |
256
|
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